Another year gone by and another Top 10 list for us to enjoy. This time, it’s TorrentFreak’s list of most pirated movies (BitTorrent) and it’s not what you might think. Below you’ll find the most pirated list and right under it, you’ll find Imdb’s list of top grossing films for 2011 – quite a difference. Now there are some things to consider, like the ability of the BitTorrent scene to get hold of good copies of the films and film release dates – that said, it seems like pirates have a different taste in cinema than broader America.

Have Time Warner Cable/internet? Illegally download movies/music/etc? You might want to read this. A U.S. District Court judge in Washington has ordered Time Warner to promptly hand over ISP records from 250 customers, whom are “Supposedly” downloading illegal copies of media. Time Warner has stated, as have other ISP’s, that searching, tracking and identifying customers that are possibly illegally downloading content is both “Expensive” and “Time Consuming.”

This is the same argument several ISP’s have made across the United States and the rest of the world. Not only is it unfair to ask ISP’s to front the cost of such investigations but it is also unjust to hand over private records of customers that are not even involved in such illegal file sharing. Essentially, someone with a wifi router unlocked can be charged with illegally file sharing, even though someone else could be piggybacking on their open network – tons of people have open networks across the world.